Another "Election maps of previous posters" thread

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I think being seen as more thoughtfull and moderate, Penn Quaker Girl secures a decent mandate with 322 electoral votes and a 3 point popular vote lead, as well as making inroads particularly in New England.

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Democratic primary. Oregon Blue Dog is the establishment candidate who is favoured initially, leading all the polls up until Iowa. West Midlander runs an outsider campaign, winning an upset in Iowa, losing New Hampshire but winning Nevada and South Carolina. Strength in the South gives WM a strong performance on Super Tuesday but as more pro-Oregon Blue Dog states come through, the race gets closer and is hard fought, resulting in a narrow victory for WM.

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I think an MB vs WM primary makes more sense if WM is the president and is being challenged from the left, so I might as well continue the WM vs OR Blue Dog timeline.

After defeating OBD, WM faces Penn Quaker Girl in the general. With two fairly moderate candidates, the campaign is less of a traditional left-right campaign. WM continues his outsider campaign, portraying PQG as an Ivy League elitist and PQG runs on experience, portraying WM as unprepared to be president.



His populist campaign, being from North Carolina, in addition to his views on things like abortion and guns allows WM to make major gains in the South. On the other hand, PQG is able to make major gains in more socially liberal regions of the country, particularly the North East, who don't like some of WM's more socially conservative views.

WM wins by around 4 points and with 325 electoral votes.

4 years later, WM is challenged from the left by MB who claims that he can still appeal in rural areas because of his libertarian streak but without socially conservative views on many issues. The close results in the early states and super tuesday ensures a prolonged primary. WM finally secures a victory on the 28th of April when he wins big victories in New York and Pennsylvania.

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Thumb: I very much think in that TL I'm doomed in the general due to having a competitive primary challenger as an incumbent, Carter 1980-style.

Yeah, I was thinking that Carter would be a good comparison. A Southern outsider who wins a close election but is challenged from the left in a primary.

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KaiserDave runs a standard center-left campaign while John Dule runs an unapologetic Libertarian campaign. While Dule argues very strongly for his ideas, KaiserDave is seen as a more moderate and unifying figure. Dule's strong atheism hurts him quite a bit among a large number of Republican voters, especially in the South. The end result is a PV win of something like 22 points for KaiserDave.